Katie Clark is originally from Colorado and currently lives in Utah with her husband and son. She writes primarily for Smart Phone Health Care, but contributes to several Health Care Scene blogs, including EMR Thoughts, EMR and EHR, and EMR and HIPAA. She enjoys learning about Health IT and mHealth, and finding ways to improve her own health along the way.

Zub Emsley, CEO of ChartLogic, Inc., was a guest poster at EMR and HIPAA last week. He talks about the different stages of Meaningful Use, upcoming deadlines, and the potential penalties for missing them. The “tipping point” for EHR adoption has been reached, and Emsley discusses some important topics for anyone involved in EHR adoption to hear about.

The EMR industry is continually growing. With more medical technology being developed as well, this growth probably won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Katherine Rourke predicts that EMRs will look different just 18 months from now, and describes her feelings in this post.

One issue that occurs with using EMR is cloning. While some doctors try hard to avoid cloning as much as possible in clinic notes, it sometimes happens accidentally. Dr. Michael Koriwchaz describes some of his “accidental cloning” and how it sometimes can be difficult to avoid cloning in certain situations. He talks about how these experiences made him realize how cloning is “scarier” than he thought.

As David puts in this post, “mHealth is cool.” Unfortunately, it appears that many doctors and hospitals aren’t using all this new technology as much as they ought to. The monetary incentive to implement EHR/EMR in practices seems to be the main catalyst for doctors. David explores some of the reasons why mHealth isn’t growing as quickly as it it could be.

As the world of social media and health care merge, doctors are finding it more necessary to become involved. However, it may not be as easy as one might think. It involves a lot of time and patience, but the benefits are great. Find out some great tips, reasons to become involved, and discover 10 doctors who have embraced social media successfully.

ateneahealth, a distributor for medical billing, practice management, and EHR services, are “dedicated to liberating doctors and patients from the administrative expense and stress of the health care system,” according to the company website. The company’s co-founders, Tood Park and Jonathan Bush, pride themselves in knowing how hard those in the medical field work because they ran a medical facility at one time. Because of their dedication in helping others be successful in meaningful use, they have helped 85% of their providers get paid for it. In this video, atenahealth explains how they did that and gives encouragement to those hoping to attain meaningful use.